Quote by: Andrew Motion

I wish I'd been better able to resist the sense of obligation to write some of the poems I did. It's in the nature of commissioned work to be written too much from the side of your mind that knows what it's doing, which dries up the poetry.


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Author Bio


  • NameAndrew Motion
  • Descriptionpoet, novelist and biographer from England
  • BornOctober 26, 1952
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Novelist
  • AwardsCholmondeley Award; Eric Gregory Award